Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM) Competitors

Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) and Allegro MicroSystems (NASDAQ:ALGM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FLEX or ALGM?

94.3% of Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Allegro MicroSystems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Allegro MicroSystems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FLEX or ALGM?

Flex received 490 more outperform votes than Allegro MicroSystems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Allegro MicroSystems an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flex	Outperform Votes 559 62.74%	Underperform Votes 332 37.26%
Allegro MicroSystems	Outperform Votes 69 67.65%	Underperform Votes 33 32.35%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FLEX or ALGM?

Flex has higher revenue and earnings than Allegro MicroSystems. Allegro MicroSystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flex	$25.81B	0.63	$1.01B	$2.12	19.94
Allegro MicroSystems	$725.01M	6.92	$152.70M	-$0.39	-69.90

Is FLEX or ALGM more profitable?

Flex has a net margin of 3.95% compared to Allegro MicroSystems' net margin of -8.45%. Flex's return on equity of 17.93% beat Allegro MicroSystems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flex	3.95%	17.93%	5.00%
Allegro MicroSystems	-8.45%	4.31%	3.00%

Does the media favor FLEX or ALGM?

In the previous week, Flex had 21 more articles in the media than Allegro MicroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Flex and 10 mentions for Allegro MicroSystems. Allegro MicroSystems' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Flex's score of 0.43 indicating that Allegro MicroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flex	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Allegro MicroSystems	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FLEX or ALGM?

Flex currently has a consensus price target of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Allegro MicroSystems has a consensus price target of $27.38, indicating a potential upside of 0.42%. Given Flex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Flex is more favorable than Allegro MicroSystems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Allegro MicroSystems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has more volatility & risk, FLEX or ALGM?

Flex has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegro MicroSystems has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Flex beats Allegro MicroSystems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.